Road to Revolutionary War

What other name was given to the Seven Years war?

• French War of Aggression

• Nine Years War

• French and Indian War

• Prussian Civil War

What was the outcome of the French and Indian War?

• The French won

• The Native Americans won

• It was inconclusive

• The British won

How did the British government change its outlook on the colonies after the French and Indian War?

• The colonies were more closely managed and needed to repay war debts.

• They poured soldiers into the colony to defend against the new Spanish threat.

• The king decided to move to New York to make a new capital of the British Empire.

• All of these.

What did the Proclamation of 1763 declare?

• The colonies would no longer be able to have their own assemblies.

• New taxes would be taken care of by Parliament and not the colonies.

• There should be a permanent intercolonial government.

• Colonists were forbidden to settle lands west of the Appalachian Mountains.

How did the colonists react to the Proclamation of 1763?

• They weren’t happy with it, but tried their best to comply.

• They ignored it and thousands of colonists moved to settle the lands west of the boundaries.

• They thought it was unfair because the king was trying to take the land to make his own new palace.

• The colonists thought it was a reasonable law and nobody dared go against it.

What did England do to the colonies starting in 1764?

• They decided to leave the colonies to govern themselves.

• They tried to enact a set of laws to ensure religious tolerance in the colonies.

• England launched a series of acts to try to raise money from the colonies.

• There was a concerted effort from most of the English nobles to move to America because it was better there.

What did the Quartering Act do?

• It took one quarter of every colonist's income and gave it to the crown.

• It split major trade goods into four parts so that they would be easier to transport.

• It stated that a quarter of colonist’s income had to go to the church.

• It stated that colonists would have to provide housing for British soldiers.

What did the Townshend Acts do?

• Placed taxes on glass

• Placed taxes on paper

• Allowed for homes to be searched for smuggled goods.

• All of these

British soldiers were found not guilty of murder after the events known as the Boston Massacre.

• True

• False

What was the Boston Tea Party?

• A group of colonists dressed as Native Americans dumped a shipment of tea into Boston Harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.

• The secret meeting colonists had to fight the British.

• The events that the king enacted to try to keep peace with the colonists.

• A celebration each year of the invention of tea that started in Boston.